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During the month of December, educational training has started as a part of the NEAR project. These trainings are the realization of the traffic accident prevention model. Namely, students have training that shows them the consequences of reckless driving - alcohol and driving, fast driving, and the use of mobile phones while driving. They listened  to true stories and events from which they should learn a lesson. Education is provided by young educators on the "peer-to-peer" principle. Educators are Tijana Blagić, Marija Gašić, Irina Kljajčin and Sara Žujić. In this first phase, about 100 high school students from Srbac underwent the training.

On December 8, 2023, a full-day workshop for the training of young educators as part of the Erasmus+ program called NEAR was held in the premises of the Citizens' Association "C.E.Z.A.R." Given that the model for the prevention of traffic accidents was a "peer-to-peer" approach, the training was attended by future young educators who will hold workshops for young people aged 15 to 23 in pairs. The lecturers were traffic experts - Milan Ilić and Nenad Srdić. They gave lectures to young educators in various areas - traffic rules, causes of accidents, traffic statistics, and informed the educators in detail about all these aspects in order to prepare them as best as possible for transferring knowledge to their peers. The lecturers also emphasized the most important elements that should be...

During February and March, we organized focus groups with young people who are secondary victims of road crashes. There were three focus groups in total and around twenty young people took part in them. The point of organizing focus groups was to get a closer look to seconday victims - their feelings, their behaviour, etc. The results were used to make models of prevention and models of support that will be implemented starting from September 2023.

Our  association was established in Srbac in 2010. Until 2013, the Center functioned as one of the youth centers within "Zdravo da ste" organization, and then it became independent and formed the Citizens' Association "C.E.Z.A.R.", which grew into one of the most active non-governmental, non-profit, humanitarian and youth organizations in region. Through many program and project activities, the staff of the Association has been investing enormous effort, work and knowledge for many years in order to create a positive environment for children and young people. We actively work on the prevention of juvenile delinquency and peer violence, and we also make our contribution through the tourism recognition of the local community. "C.E.Z.A.R."'s team always employs young people who are...